Chelodina murrayi
Chelodina murrayi Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Testudines |
Family: | Chelidae |
Subfamily: | Chelodininae |
Genus: | Chelodina |
Subgenus: | Chelodina |
Species: | C. murrayi |
Binomial name | |
Chelodina murrayi Yates, 2013[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Chelodina murrayi Yates 2013 |
Chelodina murrayi is an extinct species of snake-necked turtle from the Waite Formation on the Alcoota Scientific Reserve,[1] north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. The species would appear to belong to the Chelodina novaeguineae group of species within the subgenus Chelodina.
References
- 1 2 Adam M. Yates (2013). "A new species of long-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae: Chelodina) from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna, Northern Territory, Australia". PeerJ. 1: e170. PMC 3796373 . PMID 24133635. doi:10.7717/peerj.170.
- ↑ Georges A, Thomson S (2010). "Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2496: 1–37.
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